Robert Weldon Russell III, known as Weldon Russell (born 1946), is a Democrat former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives who served from District 72 between 1984 and 1988 during the third administration of Governor Edwin Washington Edwards.One of fourteen candidates in Louisiana's 5th congressional district special election held on October 19, 2013, Russell finished in eighth place with 2,554 votes (2 percent). He led only in his own Tangipahoa Parish and adjoining St. Helena.Russell was born in Washington Parish, Louisiana, and graduated from Amite High School in Amite in Tangipahoa Parish. He attended Tulane University in New Orleans, from which he obtained an education degree and played on the Green Wave varsity football and track teams, He was a member of the United States Army Reserve Officer Training Corps. Russell also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond. He is a former member of the Amite City Council. Wikipedia
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